SAN FRANCISCO — From ube ice cream, to ube donuts and ube-crusted pizza — these were just some of the food selections offered to hundreds of people who flocked to the SoMA street food park for the 2nd annual U-bay Fest last weekend.

This two-day event featured more than a dozen food trucks and pop-up vendors serving various ube specials, a number of them owned by Filipinos.

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